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- Austin Ward, ESPN Staff Writer Close
- Covers the Big Ten.
- Joined ESPN in 2012.
- Attended the University of Wyoming.
CHICAGO -- The first time was painful enough for Christian Jones.
There was the disappointment that came from losing a season before it even began, the torture of helplessly watching a Northwestern team that needed his game-breaking talent at wide receiver and, obviously, the pain that always comes with surgery and a long rehabilitation process.